It’s a girl! Facebook adds baby announcements to Timeline

Single, in a relationship, married… And now Facebook users can announce to their friends that they’re expecting a baby.

Facebook announced the tweak today in its blog. Facebook users can add the news as their latest “Life Event” in their Timeline. They can also share whether the baby is a girl or a boy. Plus, their friends can be reminded to wish their children a happy birthday — and to send a gift! — since it will show up as an alert in Facebook’s celebrations section.

Facebook users can now announce to their friends that they’re expecting a baby.(Getty)

It’s a sign that Facebook and its users are growing up, but as TechCrunch points out, it benefits Facebook, too. In the future, Facebook could target ads to expectant parents — baby bottles and diapers, anyone?